{"podcast":{"title":"Listening to America","slug":"listening-to-america-665403","podcast_index_feed_id":665403,"rss_url":"https://jeffersonhour.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://ltamerica.org/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/4/1/5/0/41508b7d84b1e15be55e3c100dce7605/LTA2024-20241112-39m0bubisu.jpg","author":"Listening to America","episode_count":550,"summary":"Listening to America aims to \"light out for the territories,\" traveling less visited byways and taking time to see this immense, extraordinary country with fresh eyes while listening to the many voices of America's past, present, and future. Led by noted historian and humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson, Listening to America travels the country's less visited byways, from national parks and forests to historic sites to countless under-recognized rural and urban places. Through this exploration, Clay and team find and tell the overlooked historical and contemporary stories that shape America's people and places. Visit our website at ltamerica.org.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T04:21:24.097012+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/listening-to-america-665403"},"episode":{"title":"#1705 Free Expression and Political Repression: Stephen Colbert's Exit","slug":"1705-free-expression-and-political-repression-stephen-colbert-s-exit","published_at":"2026-05-25T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/listening-to-america-665403/1705-free-expression-and-political-repression-stephen-colbert-s-exit","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/listening-to-america-665403","url":"https://jeffersonhour.libsyn.com/1705-free-expression-and-political-repression-stephen-colberts-exit","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/jeffersonhour/1705_Horton_Jefferson_FreeSpeechColbert_podcast.mp3?dest-id=381384","summary":"Host David Horton interviews Thomas Jefferson about freedom of expression in America. Did the Founding Fathers know what they were doing when they ratified the extraordinary First Amendment of the Constitution? What limits, if any, should there be in the expression of ideas in a free society? When, if ever, can government suppress press freedom? What protections do American citizens have against malicious attacks on their character? When Jefferson retires and humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson takes the microphone, Horton asks Clay about the final episode of Stephen Colbert's Late Show, which among other things, gave Paul McCartney the last word with a fabulous rendition of the Beatles song \"Hello-Goodbye.\"","meta_description":"Host David Horton interviews Thomas Jefferson about freedom of expression in America. Did the Founding Fathers know what they were doing when they ratifie…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4633,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/listening-to-america-665403/episodes/1705-free-expression-and-political-repression-stephen-colbert-s-exit/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/listening-to-america-665403/1705-free-expression-and-political-repression-stephen-colbert-s-exit.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}